An Internet 'Davos'

正The first World Internet Conference,held in the small town of Wuzhen,hopes to bring the movers and shakers of the online world closer Wuzhen Town of Zhejiang Province is a typical southern waterfront town with rows and rows of whitewal ed houses reflected in the rivers running right through its center.The landscape is like a tranquil scene portrayed in traditional Chinese ink painting.     

One Community in Cyberspace

The season of the fragrant osmanthus is also the time for Wuzhen,a picturesque river town in Zhejiang Province in east China,to welcome its annual moment in the spotlight Once regarded as a land of rice and fish and the home of Chinese silk,the ancient town with more than 6,000 years of history has been given a new name by the media—the future of the Internet.     

Talk Shows on the Rise in China

<正>Whether it is a talk show or other forms of comedy art,the ultimate goal is to express a point of view.Laughter is just the exterior packaging of a talk show,and performers must have a critical spirit. "Influenced by some TV variety shows,talk shows have become quite popular in China during the past few years,and a growing number of audiences have begun to watch offline performances,"said Zhou Shenglong,founder of Kangaroo Comedy.Some of his audience are regulars,but there is an increas...     

Water Town Of Dreams

Picturesque Wuzhen hosts drama carnival To tourists, Wuzhen resembles a beautiful water town located in the rich and populous Zhejiang Province south of the Yangtze River. For artists, Wuzhen is a paradise isolated from noisy cities, especially during the First Wuzhen Theatre Festival from     

A Courtyard-Styled Friendship Guest House

Among hotels and guest houses in Beijing,those in the style of traditional quadrangleare rarely seen. However, in Houyuan'ensi Lane,Jiaodaokou Street, there is a guest house with agood combination of Chinese and western archi-tectural features, composed of a western-styledbuilding and a quadrangle with a history of morethan one hundred years. This is the FriendshipGuest House attached to the Chinese People's As-     

Basic Problems of Human Rights from the Perspective of Legal Anthropology

Human right is the most fashionable political rhetoric in the contemporary social sciences. Although there is not a unified understanding, it has aroused growing concern in the legal sciences, social sciences and political sciences. This paper tries to use the legal anthropology, a hybrid discipline of legal sciences and social, cultural and anthropological sciences to probe into the basic problems of human rights.     

Migrant Workers： Urban Underclass

ACCORDING to official statistics, there are now 130 million (equivalent to half the American population) migrant workers in Chinese cities. This means that China has more migrant than urban workers, and that they constitute the main Chinese industrial workforce. To those familiar with China, this phenomenon is an important signal for social change. The term farmer carries quite different connotations in China from what it does in the West, where farming is a profession taken up by well-educated people and involves large-scale mechanical production. Also known as agricultural industrial workers, fanners have a social status equal to that of urban dwellers. In China, being a fanner is synonymous with low social status. Chinese fanners have a comparatively poor education and live on a small patch of farmland (per capita farmland is less than 1 mu, 1 mu = 1/15 hectare). Some farmers work in non-agricultural industries, or go to cities as migrant workers, but do not enjoy the same political rights and social     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Looking Beyond Polarization Recently, the debate on where there is polarization between the rich and the poor in China has resurged. Is there in fact a chasm between haves and havenots? Theoretically, when the poor become poorer and the rich richer, the answer to that question is a resounding yes. Although less than 3 percent of the total Chinese population still live in abject poverty, most Chinese economists agree that the disparity between the rich and the poor has widened since the mid-1990s. They also predict that the gap is unlikely to narrow in the near future.     

Simply fishing

Ya Long Bay is a paradisical curveof sandy beach and clear blue seathat lies adjacent to the city of in Hainan Island, Chinas south-Sanya in Hainan Island, Chinas south-ernmost province. The bay is home tosome of the worlds finest internationalhotels - a Sheraton, a Marriott and a Holi-day Inn peep over the beautiful silvercoastline there, and a Hyatt is currentlyunder construction. Hotel fuwuyuan fallover each other to make sure their clientsevery desire is satisfied, while local ped-dle…     

Ecological Culture:An Ancient Philosophy Rediscovered

One of mao Zedong’s most widely known and often quoted slogans perfectly encapsulates his philosophy of confrontation: It is a delight to struggle with Heaven and earth. Obviously, people no longer see things in quite that way. In 2007, for the first time in the history of the     

Lugu Lake

Our destination was Lugu Lakesupposedly home to the only matriarchal society left on Earth. This unique civilization is based around the banks and beaches of the lake, a spectacular alpine body of water which straddles the Sichuan and Yunnan border in southwest China. Sitting at an altitude of 2,685 meters, it is officially the highest lake in either province. We didn’t quite believe that a society like this could exist, and if it did, how it could function peacefully. We boarded the Lugu Lakebound bus to investigate. Though a handful of China’s 55 ethnic minority groups are represented here, including Yi and Pumi peoples-it is the Mosuo and the dominant role of their women in society that attract visitors. These people may number a mere 40,000 in total,     

Wonders Out of Stone Cracks

正Guizhou Province has explored quite a few efficient ways to deal with stony desertification Located in the southwest of China, Guizhou Province is at the center of the country's karst regions. Jagged mountains of limestone and other     

New Charm of an Ancient Art

<正>Su Embroidery has prospered for more than 2,000 years Suzhou, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, a city dubbed "Heaven on Earth" and the "Venice of the East," has long been a major producer of silk due to its mild climate and prosperous sericultural industry. Therefore, the embroi- dery industry is quite advanced there.     

Beneath The Surface

When foreigners make their lists of what to see and do in China,it's a tough call.With historical overload rife in the Middle Kingdom,ancient sites and treasures are virtually a dime a dozen. And then there is Xi'an in west China's Shaanxi Province. Possessing a historical pedigree that defies descriotion,there is much under-     

RCFA President S.Tihvinski Visits China

At the invitation of the CPAFFC, S. Tihvinski,president of the Russia-China Friendship As-sociation (RCFA), paid a visit to Beijing in March,1998.S. Tihvinski, academician of the Russian Acad-emy of Sciences and renowned historian andsinologist, is an expert of contemporary Chinesehistory and has published quite a number of workson the subject. During the War of Resistance     

The Ultimate in Elegance of Food

Japanese cuisine is popular in China. In Beijing, Japanese restau-rants are not hard to find. Sushi and sashimi are quite popular amongChinese people.Sakura Japanese Restaurant of Hotel New Otani Chang FuGong is located on the second floor of the hotel, which is a spotto enjoy the fasci     

Enjoying Seniority

THE Chinese attitude to age and aging is quite different from that in the West. The age of 60 in China marks the start of a brand new life, a belief based on the Chinese "horoscope," which encompasses five astrological cycles of twelve years each. New sexagenerians expect to devote the remainder of their lives to its simple pleasures. My most pro- found impressions of the Middle Kingdom are indeed bound up in images of its senior citizens. Rise early in the morning for a stroll through any…     

Local Legislation Giving Single Women Birth Right Caught in Debate

Chen Yifan, who is resolved to be single for life, has never expected that at 45, she can realize her dream of producing a baby for herself without having to get married—and legally. The woman is quite successful in her career as manager of a private company in Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China. Her personal life, however, is not. She fell in love with a classmate back in the early 1980s, and was heart-broken when the young man left her. Since then, the woman has found that no man in this world is good enough to be her husband. Though single, she wants to have a child of her own. "I'll be burning with envy whenever I see a     

Should Jaywalkers Be Fined?

It is common to see pedestrians crossing in the middle of a street or ignoring a traffic light, deliberately or unconsciously, especially in small and medium-sized cities. Two decades ago, there were few cars, and the traffic laws were inadequate. Therefore, people developed the mind-set that they will not be punished for this common behavior and that there is nothing wrong in jaywalking. However, nowadays, with the rapid     

Nanxiong,Autumn Fairy Tale of the South

NANXIONG,a county-level city in northeastern Guangdong Province,is where I was born.In my dreams,I often return to this town of my childhood,where there is no hustle and bustle of the city life,but tranquil streets,murmuring rivers and lush grasslands,all bathed in sunshine.I have had the impulse to go back many times.But on starting to pack,fear of urbanization and the changes it would make to the hometown of my dreams and memory have stopped me.